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Business The number of patents P granted for new inventions within each U.S. state in the...

Business The number of patents P granted for new inventions within each U.S. state in the year 2011 is approximated by P = 18.2x2 - 26.0x + 789, where x is the population of the state in millions. (Data from: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office).

(a) What is the number of patents granted for the state of New York with a population of 19.47 million?


(b) Approximate the population of Illinois with its number of patents at 3806.

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